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Surveyor at work with a leveling instrument.

Table of Surveying, 1728 Cyclopaedia

An all-female surveying crew in Idaho in 1918.

Surveying is the technique and science of accurately finding out the position of points and the distances and angles between them. These points are usually, but not always, associated with positions on the surface of the Earth. They are often used to make land maps and boundaries for ownership of land. A person who does the surveying is called a surveyor. In order to find the information they need, surveyors use geometry, engineering, trigonometry, mathematics, physics, and law. view more...